NORTHERN IRELAND
Belfast Telegraph
Psychotic nuns ran children’s home like Nazi concentration camp, abuse inquiry is told
BY MICHAEL MCHUGH – 29 JANUARY 2014
Nuns who ran a hellhole children’s home in Northern Ireland were virtually psychotic, a former resident said.
The Sisters of Nazareth property in Londonderry was like a Nazi concentration camp, with youngsters’ screams of despair still haunting survivors, the UK’s largest ever inquiry into institutional child abuse was told.
Inmates formed chain gangs to polish floors until they sparkled – with arms linked and rags under both feet – and were beaten with bamboo canes and straps.
One witness reported how the nuns used to wash the children with Jeyes fluid – a strong disinfectant normally used for outdoor cleaning jobs.
Another revealed how he tried to report sexual abuse by older boys to a nun.
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